AN INTERVIEW WITH
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By Yvette O'Dowd
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lmo and Abby Cadabby visited Melbourne recently to celebrate the launch of Sesame Street’s season 53 on ABC Kids. Season 53 is devoted to helping children grow up with a healthy self-identity and sense of belonging, in full celebration of our diverse world. With a focus on stories that celebrate our differences and embrace our similarities, children will learn to feel confident and proud of who they are and find joy in connecting with and learning about others. MPK sent their best interviewers: Granny Yvette, Charlie, age 10, Blair, age 6 and Teddy, age 3, to chat with the duo to get the scoop on their time in Australia. YVETTE: C harlie would like to know, ‘Do you know how to get to Sesame Street?’ ELMO: You have to get on a plane. ABBY: A ctually, you have to get on two planes for us. Cuz’ then you have to go to the States and then you have to. New York. Then once you get off the plane, then you have to take the train and then a train to the station, then to another train, which is called the subway. Or I can just poof you there with my magic wand. YVETTE: That sounds easier! ELMO: Yea, it’s a little bit of a long journey. ABBY: It takes a whole day! Do you know what time it is on Sesame Street, right now? It's yesterday. ELMO: It's a little confusing. ABBY: Very confusing.
30 Peninsula Kids – Spring 2023
YVETTE: What’s new on Sesame Street? ABBY: S oooo much! We’ve been having so much fun learning about what makes us different and the same. One thing that’s the same is we all love to dance. Our friend Ji-Young even taught a special kind of dance she’s learning in her Korean dance class – the Fan Dance. We used fans and were dancing like butterflies! It was magical. ELMO: A nd Elmo even got to ride a horse for the very first time with Elmo’s friend Julia. Elmo was nervous because the horse was really, really big! But Elmo learned how to feed the horsie, brush the horsie and even ride it. Elmo and Sprinkles – that’s the horsie’s name - became best friends.
YVETTE: Teddy’s question is, ‘Have you ever seen any Australian animals?’ ABBY: We saw some kookaburras. Elmo: A nd one time Elmo was here before, and Elmo got to pet a kangaroo and a koala. ABBY: Yeah, I got to hug a koala. ELMO: Elmo got to feed a wallaby some raisins. ABBY: O h, and I saw an echidna. They're hilarious. They have a long, skinny tongue like spaghetti.